Obesity under affluence varies by welfare regimes: The effect of fast food, insecurity, and inequality

Economics and Human Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 297-308

  Offer, Avner ^a   Pechey, Rachel ^b   Ulijaszek, Stanley ^b  

^a ALL SOULS COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Food shock; Inequality; Insecurity; Market liberal; Obesity; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FAST FOOD; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; SELF REPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AUSTRALIA; CANADA; EUROPE; FAST FOODS; FOOD SUPPLY; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MODELS, ECONOMIC; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; PREJUDICE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL WELFARE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78349304970     PISSN: 1570677X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ehb.2010.07.002     Document Type: Article

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